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The Tax-and-Spend FCC: Today E-Rate, Tomorrow Title II?

November 17, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today proposed a plan that would increase the size of E-Rate subsidies for broadband for schools and libraries...


FCC Has No Basis for Setting Arbitrary E-Rate Broadband Speed Goals

November 8, 2013

Today, TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics filed Reply Comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to modernize the E-Rate Program, created...


E-Rate Reform Should Avoid Arbitrary Speed Goals, Urge TechFreedom & ICLE

September 18, 2013

TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics recently filed comments on modernizing the federal E-Rate Program, which helps fund telecommunications services for schools...


TechBriefing: E-Rate Subsidies for Schools and Libraries

July 17, 2013

Print Version Summary Since 1998, the Universal Service Fund’s E-Rate program has funded telecommunications and broadband connections for schools and libraries around the United States....


E-Rate Needs Oversight and Spending Constraints, Coalition Letter Urges

July 16, 2013

TechFreedom and other groups have released a letter to Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn, urging the FCC to adopt Commissioner Ajit Pai’s E-Rate reform proposals....